Improvement in harness-pads



E. R. CAHOONE.

HARNESS-PAD. I No. 188,233. Patented March 13, 1877 N PETERS,PHOTO-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

*NITED STATES PATENT DFFIGE.

EDWIN B. GAHOONE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-PADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 188,233, dated March13, 1877; application filed February 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, EDWIN R. OAHOONE, ofNewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Pads or Stuffing for Harness- Saddles andCoach-Pads, of which the following is a full and clear description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure l is aperspective view of my pad. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Heretofore pads have been made of solid material, either rigid orelastic, such as wood or india-rubber; but with such pads it has beenfound necessary to insert a porous layer to be interposed between thehorses back and the solid pad to take up the perspiration from the skin,and to prevent injury from the absorption by the skin of deleterioussubstances contained in the pad. This is particularly the case with padsmade from vulcanized indiarubber, which not only holds sulphur incombination, but is also generally adulterated with white lead and othersubstances of a poisonous nature.

The proper stuffing of a pad is an operation requiring considerableskill, and occupies considerable time.

The object of my improvement is to obviate this expenditure of skilledlabor, by provid- -ing a pad having all the required'characteristics,complete and ready for instant use; and it, therefore, consists of asolid foundation, preferably of elastic material, say india-rubber,provided with a layer of fibrous material, preferably felt, attached toits under side.

It also consists in a solid pad, perforated for purposes of ventilation,and decreasing weight, and combined with a fibrous lining.

That others may fully understand my invention, I will more particularlydescribe it.

A is the solid portion of the pad, which can be made of felt alone,although I prefer to construct of vulcanized india-rubber, which may bemolded in any desired form to fit special trees, with recesses for thereception of terret or pad screw-nuts, &c., as may be desired.

It is desirable also to mold the pad A with perforations a a, more orless in number, to permit a ventilation of the fibrous or felt lining B.They also serve to lighten the pad,

and do not, in any material degree, weaken it.

'skilled labor may be almost, if not entirely,

dispensed with.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- A 1. A pad forharness-saddles or coach-pads, composed of a base, A, preferably ofvulcanized india-rubber, perforated, as shown, or

other elastic material molded to fit the tree, and combined with alining, B, of felt, as set forth.

2. A pad, A, molded with perforations a, substantially as shown, for thepurpose of ventilation and to diminish weight, as set forth, combinedwith a lining, B, of felt or other suitable material secured thereon byany glutinous substance, or in the process of vulcanization.

EDWIN R. GAHOONE. Witnesses:

O. E. CAHOONE, R. W. OAHOONE.

